>> it is happening outside of washington. nearly there have been hundreds of bills introduced in legislatures across the country. this is an excel spread sheet of all the bills introduced since newtown, hundreds of them. half a dozen to each page from california, to new mexico to illinois, to connecticut, to new york, to colorado, we're seeing legislation that mirrors a lot of what we're seeing on the federal level. assault weapon checks, background checks, some kind of limit or ban on high capacity ammunition magazines. it's interesting because i interviewed industry -- gun industry commeck actives and gun rights advocates who seem to be more concerned about what's happening across the country than really they are about congress. molly, one of the things that we've sheard there are some measures that are popular enough, background checks, limiting the magazines but not the assault weapons ban. do you share that view? is that not going to go through the congress? and what's changed from 1994 when it did until now? >> i think

we have lost too many loved ones in washington state. in a seattle caf, in lakewood,-- cafe, in lakewood, at the seattle jewish federation, in a house in carnation, all victims of a lethal combination of untreated mental illness, evil intent and easy access to deadly weapons. any failure to address the issue of violence in our communities and our schools will be intolerable, and in the coming weeks i will work with the legislature to address this crisis responsibly. [applause] i don't have all the answers, but i know the sooner we reject the extremes and embrace common sense, the sooner we'll be able to get a public health solution to this public health problem. and common sense tells us that this solution will involve mental health and keeping guns out of the wrong hands, while respecting the right for my son to hunt, and my uncle to defend his home. [applause] all of us have an obligation to provide for the well-being of our families, to ensure their safety and to make sure our children are prepared for the world, and i am proud to liv

a distant cousin of george washington and later the farm manager is george washington who is washington's nephew, and he ends up married fannie, who is martha washington's niece. i think that tells you something about the closeness of the family relationship. >> it's clear from the response while they're at mount vernon with martha washington, she was a take-charge woman. in term of her interaction with the slaves, she is interacting with the cooks in the kitchen, the maids serving in the house, there are also slave women who are spinning on a continual basis to produce yarn. she was supervisorring the gardens. she liked having a kitchen garden she could go out and bring in vegetable that are going to be able to serve at mount vernon. she is the one planning the menu. there are a lot of levels she is working with. so that's a big operation. really, the center of her whole life. >> if you visit how about vernon today, with the years of additional documentary research. how close is it to recreating the life that george and martha washington experienced? >> nothing today will recreate the li

because our guest in washington was disagreeing. explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think islands the u.s. pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific as one issue and say could die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states which would. align itself with japan ok minus let me go get a that ok but the u.s. is involved in ok very much involved in let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and

on august 28th they arrived in washington, d.c. at dawn. freed began his day on the periphery of the national mall capturing scenes on his hand held like a camera. he walked from the base of the washington monument to the boundaries outside of the white house and to the streets surrounding ford's theater. several blocks from the epicenter of the march, freed captured some of the first photographs of the day under a sign that read "house where lincoln died." freed made photographs of passers by as they crossed one another's paths. he envisioned this foot traffic as a prelude to the later gathering at the lincoln memorial. because on that day freed was tapping into the deeper currents of historical memory through on-the-spot studies of interpersonal geometry and geography. freed sought images in which he could bring the marchers and the layers of their social landscape and architecture into a shared frame. to see this day from panoramic perspective was also the ability to pay attention to a crowd of individuals with faces and really to walk a

the ladies always liked george washington. and washington had appeared on the scene. this is one of those times when i really wanted the facts to be other than what they are. but as historians, we have a responsibility. if you have to say what the records show. i did not want george washington to have been infatuated with sally fairfax. i just felt like i didn't need her in that picture. and i certainly -- [laughter] i certainly didn't need the miniseries that had vac key smith playing her -- jackie smith playing her. i thought that was much too unfair. [laughter] but the documents show he was infatwithouted. she was the beautiful -- infatuated. she was the beautiful next door neighbor, the wife of his friend. the flirtatious type of woman who enjoys holding other men on a string. his letters show that he was still infatuated with sally fairfax when he first met martha. and probably she gathered it pretty soon, you know? it's -- they say that love and a cold are two things you can't hide. i feel she probably guessed that -- not that there was something going on so muc

good morning washington begins right now. >> live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >>captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- good morning washington, it is 5:00. >> we are on storm watch. we have a nasty weather headed our way. jacqui, we're talking wet, not white. >> unless you live along the blue ridge or areas of to the west, you will have a little bit of sleet mixing in. a little accumulation is mixed in there. do not leave without your rain boots or your umbrella. you can see the rain still hours away. most of this morning will be dry. our temperatures are on the chellie side. 33 degrees in d.c. and 26 degrees in martinsburg. rangel be developing by the noon hour. temperatures -- rain will be developing by the noon hour. we'll tell you how much to expect, not in a few minutes. time for traffic this morning. >> problem started overnight starting at 11:00. a tractor-trailer slammed into the sound wall, a single vehicle crash. a lot is going on. clean-up continues. look at all this activity. this is video. they are still dealing wit

because our guest in washington was disagreeing. explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding thank our clients the u.s. pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue since a call could die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states which would. align itself with japan ok let me go again i can't that be ok but the u.s. is involved ok very much involved in let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing those primac

>> additional corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by boeing. additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contribution to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, sitting in for gwen ifill this week, john dickerson of "slate magazine" and cbs news john: good evening, this week, president obama gave the first state-of-the-union address of his second term. it was packed with almost 30 different policy proposals, some, like immigration reform, were familiar. others, like his call for expanding preschool and rating colleges, were new. it was a robust vision for a president engaged in hand-to-hand combat congressional republicans over the basic exchanges of government. still, the president said the country could afford all of it. >> nothing i'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. it is not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth. john: , so, karen, i

once again, live in washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the u.s. economy is a puzzling thing. today it added 157,000 jobs but the unemployment rate kicked up to 7.9%. also today the dow industrial average closed above 14,000 for the first time in five years, yet the government reported this week that the economy contracted in the fourth quarter of last year for the first time since 2009. so as congress agrees to delay a showdown over the debt ceiling and faces a march 1 deadline for across the board spending cuts, what to make of this darned economy, david? >> am i supposed to answer that? it is confusing. the stock market is up. employers are hiring, very slowly. the government now tells us that hey -- they hired a lot more last year than previously believed. auto seafls are up 14% from last year. housing sales are coming back. on the other hand the economy took a pause at the end of last year? unemployment is very high, 7.9%. among men between 25 and 54 one out of six is not working. so i think when you cut through all this what do you see? well,

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think tanks in washington d.c. saying that america needs to prescribe suggest that america needs to put more militias on the terrorist list in syria so this leaves america rather confused fighting a two front war one against assad one against the growing islam ist and salafist presence in syria and if i go to you in washington i guess that's really a point you who do you know who had good guys go ahead jump in please do. yeah i would like to jump in and i think the way joshua is characterizing it is that once damascus is liberated the forces will move on to jerusalem and that is patently untrue from the majority of syrians look we have a country whose infrastructure has been entirely devastated by the assad regime we have three million internally displaced people and some sixteen million people who are restoring to death our primary goal is not to storm jerusalem our primary goal is to overthrow the assad regime and restore normalcy and the bloodshed in syria along what is israel's red lines because they want to de

good morning washington" at 5:00 begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. i am scott thuman. it's february 13, wednesday. >> i am cynne simpson. good morning. let's get to meteorologist jacqui jeras, onstar mark emmert. >> you can still see some stars but the clouds are starting to move in. temperatures are not bad, 36 degrees at reagan national, 32 at dulles, 28 degrees in gaithersburg, 27 in frederick 31 in martinsburg. grab the umbrella, because you don't need it this morning, but you will need it before you get home this afternoon. cloudy skies expected throughout the day. you could see sprinkles this morning, but most of the rain will be early to mid afternoon. by this evening we will start to see a mix and a transition over to snow especially around 7:00 or so. the farther north or west, the more likely you are to see it sooner. little to no accumulation expected in d.c. you have to go up with allegationelevation to see a few inches. this will all end around midnight tonight. the rest of the week will be sunnier

you guys watch washington from here. we are on our fifth budget crisis since republicans took control of the house. at what point does the public stop listening in washington? my sense says, boy, i just think it public is saying, you guys keep crying wolf, whatever reference, it's over and over again. >> you're right. people have tuned out. i think those that have worked for the federal government -- >> they're the pawns in this. >> they're paying attention about which agencies, so if you're middle management and up in the federal government, this is on your radar screen, but as your guests point out a few minutes, the dows are at highs. these are very broad economic indicators, and it indicates that people, if they're voting with their dollars or their brain share, they're paying more attention to the academy awards and wall street. >> and nancy, i'm cynical to this because i've what's been marked the two deadlines coming up in march. you sort of see how they fix this. >> this is now regular order. serial crises. but i

this dirty word in washington, that means automatic spending cuts. it could begin in a matter of weeks with $85 billion in automatic cuts. do you really want this as a republican leader? look at the impact it would have in your state alone. the associated press wrote about this it this week. sequestration, today a political football would cripple virginia's economy if happens. potentially no state would suffer more than virginia. the commonwealth would lose more than $130,000 jobs, more than any other states. not only is virginia home to the pentagon, the world's largest u.s. navy base, but a hub for major defense contractors such as aircraft builders. so the impact over 200,000 jobs, second only to california. you can't want this automatic spending cut to go forward. >> you know, clearly this is not, david, the best way to go about trying to chroontrol spending. and we have demonstrated in the house two separate occasions -- one of the bills we put across the floor and passed i was the sponsor of for that reason. these are indiscriminate cuts. we ca

we will make it easy. >> okay. >> why is it george washington -- isn't george washington smiling in any of his paintings? keep in mind jefferson didn't smile either. is it a, painter told bad jokes, the painter had bad breath or washington had to standstill for hours? what do you think? >> c is correct. and painting was a social media of the day but they had to standstill. they couldn't click, click and take a picture. >> but the painter may have also had bad breath. >> he may have, and he might have told bad jokes but that wasn't why he wasn't smiling. >> who is winning? >> i think there's a tie right now. we good. number two. >> what were washington's false teeth made of? a horse teeth, b hippopotamus teeth or made out of wood? >> hippo is correct. can you imagine wearing helppo helppo -- hippo teeth in your mouth? >> that's disgusting. >> now washington didn't get to go to college but what was his first real job out in the real world? what do you think? land surveyor, b, teacher or, c, a border patrol agent? >> land surveyor. >> that's correct. he learned the math to survey the land

desde washington y faltan pocas semanas para que se eliminen los cheques impresos del seguro social y los beneficiados tendran que recibir pasus pagos a traves de deposito directo..y como consecuencia surge la preocupacion entre algunos jubilados que desconocen el nuevo proceso. doÑa marta prefiere recibir sus cheques del seguro social en la puerta de su casa, es decir en su correo..."a penas ro social, yo empiezo a hacer mis cheques, deposito en el banco y ya me siento tranquila" pero a partir del primero de marzo, el departamento del tesoro eliminara los cheques impresos de seguro social y otros beneficios... los pagos seran enviados a traves de deposito directo.. " es para la facilidad y seguridad de los beneficiados, los cheques pueden perderse o pueden ser robados, ademas este metodo de deposito directo ahorrara mil millones de dolares durante 10-anos" 65-millones de jubilados o ex combatientes utilizan deposito directo para recibir sus pagos por beneficios federales... pero todavia 5- millones continuan recibiendo sus cheques por el correo... "muchos de ellos que ni siquiera ti

it's a black eye and embarrassment to washington, d.c. for all the reasons you have said, and i wonder where the mayor was on this, and i wonder where the chairman of the committee that handles this was on this, and this matter needs to be addressed immediately. >> yeah, mitch snyder came in with the community, maybe over 30 years ago, and it was a big deal. they made a movie out of his polite here and his quest and he testified before congress. i have not covered a hearing on homelessness in as long as i can can remember. >> the whole thing of image here plays an important part. we are so busy with development, condominiums and everything else, they forgot there are people in this town that can't afford to live in the district of columbia, so the question is, where does these kids come from? our neighborhoods. >> you don't see homeless children, but you see homeless adults and veterans, but you don't see homeless children on the corners panhandling and begging, and they are totally out of sight and now they are not. >> $417 million surpl

he said that they have someone in washington. >> microsoft did not have much of a washington office. you would have the justice department going after you on something else and then congress passes a law and you throw business plans out the window. the reality today is that there are so many conflict in interests that if someone has an advantage in washington will write some rules to benefit them. that can undo your business plan. we are a full democracy. what other countries, it is different. google learned the hard way are. but google has been successful. they learned the hard way if you do not have a washington presence. let us innovate on our own. then the rules changed and that was out the window. >> what do you miss about congress? >> very little. i miss the members, but with the dysfunctionality, i'm happier on the outside. i was termed out of german committee. i was -- chairman committee. iran a campaign successfully three times. that is a good run. -- i ran a campaign successfully three times. that is a good run. the only known cure for the fever is embalming fluid. it was t

they do not trust washington. and until that trust is rebuilt part of it has to do with the fiscal mess. part of it has to do with the lack of leadership, but as they watch washington day in and day out, you look at the number of trust in washington, fdr understood there. if you go back and look at fdr and john f. kennedy and all the folks that basically said we want government to be even more involved, they understood people have to trust government before you get government more involved. and that's a huge part of the problem. >> that might lead to another recession. i don't know. you know much more that about but that's the important thing. >> another important thing to say here is that sequester is not nearly as scary as the debt ceiling debate was. we thought the whole financial system might collapse. if we go a month into the sequester, it's not a big deal. it's going to be painful. it's going to be a big debate. it'll slow growth in that quarter, but this is something where actually my understanding is the

. >> a whole new day in washington... >> well, it was obviously a sobering outcome, the midterm. he was very unhappy and sad about the loss. we had a meeting at the white house, and the president began by saying, "we got our butts kicked, and there's no doubt about it." >> now the republicans back in power in the house of representatives... >> narrator: his party had decisively lost the united states house of representatives. >> democrats are nursing a major midterm hangover... >> narrator: inside the white house, they knew things were about to change. >> once you change power on the capitol hill, it changes how the other side of pennsylvania deals with it. who are the players, what's possible, whether they want to get anything done, whether they even want to work with you. a lot of things. the calculus gets reconfigured dramatically, quickly. >> new year, new congress, new strategy... >> day one in congress, sworn in... >> do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states... >> narrator: 87 new republican freshmen came to the capitol, a

new york so fucking scandals a cyber war between beijing and washington d.c. with very interested hear what you have to say about it at all. dot com we're still taking your votes and your opinions on our polls right here come the numbers for this hour let's see how you're voting right now regarding a cyber war between washington and beijing sixty five percent of all of you voting say it's just a p.r. stunt from obama's cybersecurity so you can. curate his policies analysis that's a tough one every now and again down to up at second position here it's all about espionage well that's fairly easy to believe a thirteen percent down to the orange or yellow a glimpse into world war three i think perhaps i'm getting a bit dramatic down to the fourth position of the bare minimum saying that a world between washington and beijing a cyberwarfare president obama is sending a very clear warning to china while we're still taking your votes that are to dot com we love it when you get involved to let us know what you think and for the meanwhile i'll be back with more global

in washington, doug mcelway, fox news. fox news. >>> ate massive winter storm causing some problems for many parts of the country this morning. the national guard has been mobilized to help rescue stranded drivers in the hardest hit area of the texas panhandle where some saw a foot of snow. more heavy snow was expected in kansas overnight. >> tough times in the midwest. >> live look outside right now at 5:00 this morning over washington, d.c. thirchgs are calm right now. but they will change a little bit later on today. it is tuesday, february 26th. good morning to you. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. -- things are calm right now. >> let's get the latest on our weather today. >> expecting a lot of rain today. we have a floodwatch. we have to be ready for potentially here some urban flooding. your morning commute will be fine the later today, we haven't picked up a whole lot of rain or anything here the last couple of months. could be a pretty good soaking rain around here later today

i mean, i feel like silicon valley is a very different place than washington. i've only spent a little bit of time in both places, but the cultures are very different and clearly very distinct. there's a lot more innovation probably happening in silicon valley, more openness to new ideas than washington where there's clearly more tradition, stalemate. the question is whether or not you can bring some of those values from silicon valley into a place like washington. i think eric and some of the initiatives that this white house have done whether it's with open questions, doing the video chats, even seeing the president himself using twitter or a move in that direction. has it changed our politics? not at all. so i'm certainly not an idealist that bring a little bit of silicon valley to washington it's just going to solve all our problems. in fact, i'm a little skeptical that it's moved us forward. but i think the only way we'll know is if we keep experimenting and keep trying. >> does in fact the opposite is true does some of the technology for instance only see

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what about washington ? how many would vote for washington ? "collins: 11. nichols: 9%. others: 6%." - which one are you, jess ? - i'm "other." - "other" ? - there must be some mistake. - no mistake. as far as the voters in this town are concerned, i'm a nobody. well, that's going to change. how do you figure ? because you are going to talk to them every day here at crossroads cafe. that's a great idea. come on. let's start now. what are you doing, victor ? you are going to give a speech. but i'm not prepared. i don't know the first thing about-- ladies and gentlemen. if you will forgive this brief interruption, i would like to introduce you to the next city councilman from the fourth district... and our best customer, jess washington ! - thanks, victor. - shh. shh. hi. i'm jess washington. i guess you know that, since victor just introduced me. is that club sandwich ready yet ? well, anyway i just want to say that if i'm elected, i promise to be the best councilman this city ever had. i can also promise that this city will work for you, instead of against you. thank you

good morning, washington. welcome back to "good morning washington." we are here chatting during commercial breaks. let's check in with weather. donow we all know what you during commercial breaks. good to know. what a nice greeting, those .ids dress them this -- morning.tely this it is a chilly start. feels like the teens across parts of the region this morning. -- clipperb or a snow.f adam caskey joining us live now. turnre talking earlier, into one bigrs snow. it would make us very happy. we would be fine if that happened. with some folks on facebook about that over the weekend. lepers movingy through, smashed them together and get one decent snowstorm of it. be a happy little meteorologist. a coating of snow later on this evening into the nighttime. i think it will be under an inch. a few spots north and west of the washington. they will have one to two. wendy seven degrees right now chaser truck. live in alexandria of the king street metro station. much wind here. there sheltered from building. at some of the other areawide temperatures. i left my

it's metropolitan washington restaurant week. more than 240 of the finest restaurants in our area are taking part now through sunday get a three-course lunch for $20.13 a person. dinners will set you back $35.13 a person. you can find all the restaurants that are participating and even see the menus they are offering by going to nbcwashington.com. search restaurant week. >>> what time you eat makes a difference. people who eat their biggest meal of the day in the middle of the day or in the morning will lose more weight. the search followed europeans whose main meal of the day is lunchtime. those who ate a large meal before 3:00 p.m. lost more weight and had a lower risk of diabetes. but doctors say it is too early. >> if you food deprive yourself. eat lunch at 3:00 versus 1:00 you will be hungrier at 3:00. so much more likely to overeat. >> the truth stands. if you eat too much and move too little, you will gain weight no matter what time you eat. >> a study finds office germs spread no matter if you cover your nose when sneezin

washington always takes the field with pride, and a strong sense of history. their fans have loved the team since it dame to d.c. decades ago, but some are now saying the team's name is derogatory. at the national museum of the american indians, they are holding this symposium on racial stereotypes in american sports. as anienedance, do you take offense to the name washington redskins? >> i do. i do. and it's not a good feeling to know that there are people who are -- or a city that is a majority/minority, if you will, that more people have not taken up and joined us in this effort, where wear the shoes on the other foot, we would stand -- >> manny is one of the seven litigants who sued the nfl 20 years ago seeking the name change. >> it's not only the word "redskin" but it's also all the antics around the name and the team. it's the stereo typical depiction by the fans, by the cheerleaders, but the entire organization that does not serve us well as native people. >> reporter: change the name or not, washington football fans love their team. >> we can't change

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the show is called fixed wars washington as invisible cyber war between the u.s. and china rages and some security professionals say america is losing badly. over time in parliamentary elections a sex scandal survivor but it's caylee gets a topless reception at the ballot why look forward funnyman channels the country's rage of austerity. school the latest talks on the syrian civil conflict as russia struggles to bring bugs the opposition and government to the negotiating table with the rebels reluctant. international news live from moscow this is all she with me. very warm welcome to the program. as the competition between the u.s. and china has gone digital and the western superpower isn't feeling confident key intelligence figures think america is already losing a major cyber war after accusing hacking into washington security we're in a fortnight now reports. in january it was my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house washington and beijing were the a list couple of geopolitics the positive constructive cooperative u.s. china relationship is good

there is a renewed push for the washington redskins to change their name. the issue was front and center yesterday in a symposium at the smithsonian's national museum of the american indian. >> fox 5's maureen umeh has more. >> hate hoare and honor. washington's football team prosecuted by a panel of speakers at a day-long forum. >> when we get to that place where we start chastising our friends, relatives and neighbors for using that word, making it unacceptable, that is when things will change. >> reporter: the discussion on racist stereotypes in american sports drawing a diverse crowd. >> it is personal to us. and knowing that is a big del, i feel i feel like we should get the message out her. >> reporter: they equate the team's use of a indian equal to that of a black face to african- americans. >> people yelling and screaming the n word basically and cheering. how can you do that in the nation's capital. >> reporter: it is an urban dray hollins said he never thought about until he attended the forum wearing a team hat jie. not a racist person so who i'

"good morning washington at starts now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's thursday, february 7. i am cynne simpson. >> i am scott thuman. great to have you along. we have the weather to talk .bout let's get to jacqui jeras. kind of cold so far. >> it is a chilly out. the skies remained clear through night but it allowed the temperatures to drop. are filling in already at hour. it will shed up to be a cloudy day. decent, but the clouds temperatures a little, highs in the low 40's. a coastal storms on the way. is bringing the clouds now. a wintry mix expected by tonight. jane doe all rain by tomorrow -- changing to all rain. north,vers, up to the nor'easter. more details on that storm. temperatures in the twenties at this hour. your seven-day forecast is minutes away. let's go to traffic with jamee. >> easy start. news. in virginia, looks good on 395. let's take a look. not many cars out yet coming off the beltway passing landmark to street bridge into the nation's capital. ddot does not have any problems. looking good

the greed of washington, d.c. there's never enough revenue, never enough taxes for this administration. i agree with my friend, we should be about growing private economy. real jobs out there. nobody is saying we should do the cuts this way. in 2011 this president campaigned on a commitment he made. he made it to congress, signed into law saying he didn't want to have the deficit fight, the budget fight in 2012 when he was campaigning. so he said, in exchange for that raising the ceiling, he proposed he signed in this law, this $85 billion cut. he already has over $600 billion in new revenues. he's already had over $600 billion in increased spending. we are for a balanced approach. we've had more than enough revenues, more than enough growth in government spending. now is the time to start shrinking our spending so we can grow private sector economy, not the government. >> first of all, this isn't about whether there are or are not cuts. the president's plan has cuts. to some extent deeper cuts than the sequester

let's see if washington can stop him. >> he is a skilled player. he is a good player. >> we are in the final two weeks of the regular basketball season. georgetown is ranked seventh in the country. folks, the whole areas are riding the momentum of the big time when banks saturday. -- hoyas are riding the momentum of the big time when bank saturday. >> -- win saturday. >> the last time we will play them as conference members, it was special. it is time to get ready. >> the wizards went over toronto. they have now won three in a row. they have won seven of their last nine. just for a point of reference the wizards are eight games out of the playoff spot with 27 games left to play. the legendary mike is stepping down as head coach of the u.s. olympic basketball team. the usa team won gold at both the london and beijing gains. 951 career wins. stepping down as the u.s. olympic basketball coach. how about bobby mitchell? he was honored in his home town of hot springs, arkansas, today. talk about a hometown hero. he is the best. instead of playing major

tonight on "washington week." wall street and the housing sector are rebounding but job growth is stagnant, consumer confidence shaky. what's up with the economy? in washington, bipartisanship roars back. >> for the first time ever, there's more political risk in opposing immigration reform than in supporting it. >> the issue of immigration is not a simple one but i think we have the opportunity to do it right and -- gwen: will immigration reform finally happen? and chuck hague 's rocky confirmation hearing. >> please answer the question. were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder since vietnam? yes or no? >> my reference to -- >> are you going to answer the question senator hagel? the question ask were you right or wrong? gwen: the president's pentagon choice finds hit -- his worst enemies in his own party. covering the week, david wessel of "the wall street journal." vaughn johnson of national joran. kirn tumulty of the national post and doyle mc

caller: this is another fine example of the congress and our politicians in washington d.c. -- washington, d.c. being out- of-touch and looking out for themselves to get reelected. onear as i'm concerned, thing we do not need to be happening is cutting our military spending with the situation with north korea and china and other countries throughout the world. as a retired civil service worker who worked in that industry, i know for a fact that when you're putting money into military spending, your defense spending, that is when your manufacturing increases and the economy is at its greatest potential. your creating more and more jobs all the time, because all the aspects that go into defense are there. host: a photograph of the japanese prime minister as he departed from tokyo in route to washington, d.c., writing for meetings last night, including -- arriving for meetings late last night, including one with the president. he served during the latter years of the bush administration and came to the u.s., focusing on trade and economic issues. speaking of asia, there are a couple of other

host: in political news, here is the washington times -- >> washington's math does not add up. while many have talked, i have fought to do something about it. i have cut spending, reduced debt, and make government more accountable. more recently, i experienced that none of us go through life without mistakes. you learn a lot about grace and i got a second chances. in that light, i humbly step forward and ask for your help in changing washington. host: in other political news, here is the new york daily news -- also, the national section of "the new york times" features a piece on guy cecil -- back to your phone calls. we're talking about armed guards in schools, and we have a fourth line for educators. we want to hear from you on this. scott in westminster, maryland, a republican. caller: good morning. i believe there should either be armed guards in schools or that the teachers should have the option to be trained and to be armed. i believe that if we are going to trust our children's future to teachers, we should be able to trust them with our lives. i believe teachers have t

. >> there are seven companies that make up marine barracks, washington. altogether, we're stationed here we're about 1,200 marines, sailors, and civilians. >> one of the oldest buildings in washington is the commandant's home. the commandant is the highest-ranking marine. it's easy to see why the post was declared an historic landmark. everywhere you look, you're surrounded by the proud tradition of the marine corps. >> what's interesting about the flag you see flown here this evening is it has 15 stars and 15 stripes. and when the barracks was founded in 1801, there were actually, at that time, 15 states in the union. hence, the 15 stars and the 15 stripes. >> this special flag is only flown here and at maryland's fort mchenry, birthplace of "the star spangled banner." >> the barracks was established to defend the nation's capital, and it's because this is the oldest post of the corps, because most of our history comes from this place from the 19th century, we started holding parades to show people what we're all about. >> good evening, ladies. welcome t

because our guest in washington was disagreeing. explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding the think islands the u.s. pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue so the same could die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states which would. align itself with japan ok let me go get a there to ok but the u.s. is involved in ok very much involved let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think the u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing those primacy in

the bank's lobby washington? caller: the banks have been lobbying washington for years. the money is used for toga parties come to pay off their bills why they -- while they figure out how to pay off the interest on this derivative position. jpmorgan chase just came out with a $54 trillion in derivative positions. this is a bank with $6.20 billion in assets york to sell everything they had. host: we will get a response about banking and lobbying. guest: they are a major lobbying clients. it's hard to say exactly but the money is spent on. certainly they became more active during the financial crisis, probably for reasons of survival. host: shirley in texas. caller: the perception has become the reality that congressmen are corrupted by all of this. they go up there as a lawyer or a businessman and there is an allure to all of this. they will barter their souls to become reelected. and then when they do not leave office, they're rarely come back to their own home state because they become lobbyists like daschle, stenholmes, and the like. it gives the public the idea that

good morning to you washington, it is friday, february 1. gray >> to have you along at the end of the work week but we are beginning with snow. >> it is finally coming down in the district. it has been holding off all morning. you can see it from silver spring alexander. s has been getting snow for a while and it is heavier along 66. we can expect to pick up a dusting. it could be up to 1 inch but that will be an exception. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for the metro area for the potential through 10:00 but i think most of it will be out of your three hours from now or less. 27 degrees is the wind chill in d.c. and 14 is the wind chill at dulles greet it will be blustery but we will see sunshine before the day is done. let's go to traffic. >> 270 at 109 is not too bad. farther down to 70, you will find delays from 118 down to the lady bug. -- down to the lane divided. '95 looks like it usually does, heavy in the hov lanes. it looks like it is heavier than you would expect in the express lanes heading up to springfield. >> 6:32